NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian panel has violated
guidelines for ship-breaking laid down by India's Supreme Court
by approving the scrapping of a controversial Norwegian cruise
liner this week, an environmental alliance said on Thursday.

By Jim Loney MIAMI (Reuters) - A noted hurricane research team on
Thursday reduced its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season
but said it would still be above average with 15 tropical
storms, seven of which would become hurricanes.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Oil leaking from a bombed power station
in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighboring Syria and
is spreading north, the Kenya-based United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP) said.

A company created by a group of Iowa State University researchers wants hog producers to use ultrasound technology to identify animals that can produce tastier and juicier meat.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.